Maharashtra State Information Commission Chief retires

10 Feb, 2012

With the retirement of Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra State Information Commission,Vijay Kuvalekar Kuvalekar, only four information commissioners remain in the state. This is likely to put pressure on the appeals pending at the SIC. During his tenure, the Pune bench of SIC received 16,553 appeals, out of which 12,608 appeals were disposed of. Further, out of the 835 complaints received, 686 were resolved.